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[@BooksandLala]

11 seconds into the video and I already said the wrong month. lol.

[@benjikade]

hi kayla! deaf viewer here! i was wondering if there was any way you could make the captions available for this video, youtube seems to have disabled them. thanks, love your content!

[@BooksandLala]

​@@benjikade I'm thinking the video just hasn't been uploaded long enough yet for the captions to populate. 💕 Sorry for the delay-hopefully they process soon!

[@benjikade]

alrighty! thank you anyways ❤❤

[@JosephWilliamRobinsonHale]

@@benjikadethey are there now 😊

[@Liz-cs8vd]

I read Midnight is the Darkest Hour at the very beginning of the month and I'm so excited to revisit my hatred for it at the liveshow

[@louise5493]

Me who give Midnight is the Darkest Hour 5 stars 👁️👄👁️ I feel like this book got so badly mismarketed as a thriller when it's more like a character study on morality. This book is my Roman Empire 😂 If this book has no fans, I am dead.

[@lenavm]

I’M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU!! i feel exactly the same ahaha

[@louise5493]

We stand in solidarity for Ruth & Ever ✊🏼

[@rebeccamarsden2128]

Omg yes me too!!!

[@natasagajic1061]

Oooh, the thriller tropes ranking would be fun to do for fantasy ✨🐉

[@kyestrella]

from Kayla’s reaction to Midnight is the Darkest Hour AND knowing Bre will be a cohost for the live show…….i already know i’ll be fighting for breath from laughing

[@YouCanCallMePatches]

Oh man Midnight is the Darkest Hour is the only AW book I've loved! Haha in my top 5!

[@Megan-ug8vz]

My daughter is turning five in a few months. We’ve started to read Junie B Jones. I love reading it with her. It holds up for me.😊

[@gabbyreads]

I can’t wait for the Midnight is the Darkest Hour roast hahaha 😂👏

[@booksandwoof6420]

Midnight is the darkest hour was an iconic pick to me 🤧 I loved it and honestly lived for the balance of love and hate in the live

[@NakiasHideaway]

Kayla, I just love how much you put into your videos! 🖤

[@rebeccamarsden2128]

I LOVED Midnight is the Darkest Hour so think I’m definitely the odd one out here! Looking forward to the live show but also honestly kinda scared lmao 🫣

[@haileyhughes]

eeeeeee thanks for using my template!! i loved seeing your rankings and also how you interpreted my labels lolol (definitely included the mental health twist one solely so i could rant about that in my video😅) we love a speculative twist in an isolated small town 😌🩷

[@MissIroniQ]

For everyone who likes Devotion of Suspect X: please read Malice by the same author :o I liked it even more

[@kathlo22]

I am 90% through Midnight is the darkest hour. I am really enjoying it. It's definitely not a literary masterpiece but it's a lot of fun. I am also reading My Dark Vanessa so it's a well-needed break from something so dark and disturbing. It will be interesting to watch the live.

[@fanpiresam482]

the group's woofs are my favorites other than Midnight is the Darkest Hour if you havent read Twilight the book would make no sense and if you have read Twilight you are going to CRINGE

[@wiktoriagrochola3256]

I absolutely ADORED Midnight Is The Darkest Hours but hated In My Dreams I Hold A Knife 😅

[@Lady_Ackledama]

Same!

[@livpacheco]

i don’t understand why everyone has hated Midnight is the Darkest Hour so much it was one of my only 5 stars for the year!

[@lenavm]

me too😭 it's in my top books of the year!! i had a BLAST with it

[@livpacheco]

@@lenavm same! and i really liked Everett????

[@lenavm]

@@livpacheco same!! i was soo fascinated by both MCs. i just found the whole thing so wildly entertaining - literally couldn’t put it down

[@livpacheco]

@@lenavm it was a good book i’ll die on that hill

[@angylcantread]

oh nooo i haven't gotten to Midnight is the Darkest Hour yet and now I'm nervouss 😬😬

[@jedibookmasterivy]

Ma’am you better move Midnight is the Darkest Hour!!! It was too entertaining to be a woof 😅

[@sheilak4223]

I DNF’d Finlay Donovan first book

[@BrebearMckae]

The problem with a twisted love story is that it wasn’t really a thriller- It was a dark mystery romance. Totally marketed/ categorized incorrectly.

[@BrebearMckae]

Also so glad I slipped midnight is the darkest hour, lol. I don’t do books that villainize religions, and the fact that this was a religious town and a thriller lead me to assume that was the plot. So it was a pass for me.

[@dudeski7373]

see i didn’t hate Midnight Is The Darkest Hour… however… had i not read In My Dreams I Hold A Knife (aka an all time favorite) it probably would have got a lower rating from me

[@DinoReader]

I can't wait to discuss Midnight is the Darkest Hour. I had SO MUCH fun reading it but fully acknowledge that it's uhm...not a good book.

[@ChemicalPenguinn]

The writing retreat was kinda iconic in my opinion

[@lorenamunguia-cortez9368]

I find it interesting that "all a dream" books are overused to some people. Because i have never read that trope before. I want recommendations for them but then im going to be spoiled for it 😂

[@margueritemitchell1829]

The movie 'Boxing Helena' is the only one I can think of oh wait a minute "Alice in Wonderland" '

[@charliescozycorner]

I’ve never read one either but it feels cheap

[@Sharleen91]

I'm in the "detested" group for "my hearts a chainsaw" 😅

[@dreamer626]

Oooo now I am scared to read Midnight is the Darkest Hour.....

[@imaginepageant]

Flowers in the Attic is my all-time favorite book, but I can’t even be mad that you put it into Questionable because UH YEAH IT IS. I also read it way too young, at 11. 😬

[@michaelmyerslovesbooks]

I was going to put Monstrillo down as one of my 3 top favs but I chose ones that not many people may have heard about. But yes, it's definitely a favorite of the year.

[@JojoJojo-bd6dz]

I've heard so much about, but as a mother of 3y old the death of a child in a book is sth I avoid. How bad is it?

[@Liz-cs8vd]

@@JojoJojo-bd6dz If you have any concerns at all reading about child death, I would not recommend Monstrilio. It's so beautiful and such a good story but it's HEAVY in the grief. The loss of the child is talked about repeatedly, and the sadness and grief of every character is felt through the whole story. While it does have (in my opinion) a lovely ending, it's sad the whole time.

[@JojoJojo-bd6dz]

@@Liz-cs8vd yep, that's not for me. It's the only thing I can't read since becoming a mother

[@RhodiHawk]

I hope you do this every single year.

[@thatgirlconnor]

I truly truly loved the writing retreat and it stay iconic in my book 😂

[@Ashmont27]

I'm like halfway through Midnight is the Darkest Hour right now and I've been loving it and now I'm scared

[@livpacheco]

no it’s goooooood

[@theotherveronica]

i’m feeling very validated in DNF’ing Midnight is the Darkest Hour now! it’s interesting with the tropes because unreliable narrator is one of my least favorite tropes but cults are one of my favorites! i just love seeing how different readers are.

[@elisaslibrary]

I wonder if you consider "Our share of night" to be a cult book then? Because personally I would and I think I saw that you liked it, so that would make it another exception besides "Bunny" 😅

[@sassysarahreads]

Hurt that Fear Street is so low, but hyped that Christopher Pike is iconic where he belongs. 👏🏼 I will say most Fear Street books are pretty miss, but the ones that hit are just so good!

[@portiakunz3378]

I wish I subscribed to you sooner so I could have been saved from Zone One (woof on the Literally Dead rankings from the past). I’m 25% in right now and it’s just not working for me which makes me sad because I loved The Underground Railroad by the same author!

[@latiasmith5094]

I know I'm late in mentioning this, but I remember watching Monte's review for Midnight is the Darkest Hour and he had A LOT to say! Haha! I think he had an ARC, but I could be wrong. If he's available for the livestream, I think it would be iconic! But I'm already excited for what you and Bre have to say about it! It'll be a fun discussion to end the year with!

[@ComeUndun.]

I actually really hate when alcoholism is used as a trope. Perhaps it was because I was reading a lot of thrillers for a while and more than 5 of them in that stretch (and multiple in a row) were like "did something scary happen, or am I just sloshed?" I think its lazy writing. I'm interested to hear which ones you think were done well, because the ones I've read... 👀

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

They never learn was so good 😤

[@ReadAndThrift]

I hated Lord Of The Flies 😬 I thought it was painfully boring and dull. I was expecting this gross, over the top story. It was a snooze fest.

[@ChloeFrizzle]

21:41 As a lover of the Animorphs series, I do want to say that that particular book (the Rachel starfish one) is BY FAR one of the worst in the series. It wasn't even written by the main authors (ghostwritten), and even big fans of the series hate it. So, yes, that one is bad. But the other books in the series are not nearly so poorly written

[@KatieColson]

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@jaimee-kate]

And ya... I DNF'd Midnight Is The Darkest Hour so fast LOL

[@jaimee-kate]

Gotta say.. Holes is absolutely ICONIC! Imo that book beats most adult Lit Fic in so many ways

[@tungstensmum1491]

The more I think about Midnight is the Darkest Hour the lower my rating gets 😅

[@gracepardieck5627]

Hey Kayla, are you going to do the buzzwordathan again next year?

[@BooksandLala]

Sure am! 💕

[@gracepardieck5627]

@@BooksandLala yay! I'm so excited!!

[@jacforswear18]

The YA/Kids books section was such a blast from the past. Gordon Korman was going HARD with those books. I was obsessed with the Island series in elementary school, it was essentially LOST for kids. I also really loved a lot of Jerri Spinelli's books as a kid. This video definitely made me realize how many T.V.-series-to-Book adaptations there were. I loved them as a kid, but they are objectively terrible.

[@aaliyah5265]

Oh no, I just started Midnight Is the Darkest Hour and now I’m nervous 😂

[@livpacheco]

i really loved it!

[@aaliyah5265]

@@livpacheco I just finished it. I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would!

[@kelliyslas5981]

I’ve been waiting for an upload…Woohoo!!! Just in time to watch while folding my laundry

[@pettyella6607]

Did you see there's a movie for "Are you there God? It's me Margaret"? It was very good and it has Regina George's actress, she is on her cute wife About Time-ish persona.

[@lottasnook]

Oeh I really want to read The Only one Left 😍😍

[@Adharamoon]

I like a surprise ghost

[@Adharamoon]

I guess what I like is a speculative twist

[@carlynf3187]

I need this sweater!!!!